Cotton-elevator



(No Model.) l

W. F. NEWTON.

, rCotton Elevator. Y No. 242,963. y Patented lune 14, |881.

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WILLIAM E. NEWTON, or vALLEY VIEW, TEXAS.

COTTON-ELEVATO R.

i SPECIFICATION forming peri. er Letters Peteur No. 242,963, dated June 14, 188,1.

' Application filed March 30, 1881. (N o model.)

specification.

The object of this invention is to facilitate the delivery of cotton to the gin, and at the same time to remove from the cotton the gravel and other foreign substances that may be in it, thereby preventing injury to the gin and causing it to deliver the cotton in better and cleaner condition.

Figure l is a sectional side elevation of the device on line at' a?, Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a front elevation ofthe same, partly in section. Fig. Sis aplan of the same, partly in section, on line y y, Fig. 1.

Similar letters ol' reference indicate co1 responding parts.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents the elevator fr-ame, consisting of two parallel sides, A' A', set on edge, and held together by a central division, A2, thatis placed liatwise, as shown. Pivoted on each ot' these sides A A', at their upper ends, are standards B B, that supportthe devicein position; or, in lieu of these standards B B, the elevator may have its top supported on a cross-beam or other convenient substitute.

Journaled in the sides A' A', near the top of the elevator, is the cross-shaft C, carrying a drum or roller, C', and thelower ends of the sides A' A' are slotted, as shown at a, and on either side of said slots a are secured strips b, between which slide the bearings D2 of the lower shaft, D, carrying the lower drum or roller, D'. Pins care entered vertically through one ofthe strips b on either side and into the edge of the bearing D2 on that side, thereby holding said bearings D2 in any desired position, said bearings D2 being adjustable up and down to regulate the tension of the endless belt E. This belt E, which is drawn about the drums C' D' between the frame-sides A' A', is composed of two side strips, d, of leather or other suitable material, across which are laid and fastened by pins f slats g, of woodor other suitable material, and at regular intervals stouter slats h are' interposed between the slats g, provided with outwardextending spikes or sharp pins m, as shown, which are designed to catch and carry the cotton upward when the elevator is in operation. Beneath the upper part of the belt E strips n are fastened on the inside of the sides A' A', to prevent the sagging of this part of said belt E, and beneath the under part of the belt E strips o are fastened on the sides A' A', to prevent the sagging of this portion of the belt E. Rolls or sheaves F, fixed on a shaft, F', which is journaled in slots p in the lower edge of the sides A' A', serve as further support to the belt E.

Fastened between the sides A' A', below the lower end of the belt E, is a semicircular pan or receiver, G, designed to catch the gravel and other foreign substances thatmay fall from the cotton as it is elevated.

Secured uponthe face of the frame A, `near the bottom thereof, with its bottomlj ust above the receiver G, is a hopper, H, designed to be of sufficient capacity to hold a bale or cart-load `of cotton in the seed; and extending across the hopper H isa bar, t, to prevent the cotton from bein g'crowded down through the opening sin the said hopper H upon the belt E. Through this opening s the foreign substances in the cotton will fall into the receiver G, the spikes m', protruding inward from the lower part of 8o the hopper H, preventing the cotton from falling into said receiver G. The straight sides u of the hopper H permit the cotton passing through said hopper H to turn, thereby forming a roll similar to that formed in the ginbreast.

On the outer end of the shaft C is a drivingpulley, I, and journaled in the top of the elevator-frame A is a cross-shaft,K, carrying a cylindrical brush, L, and having its pulley K' bearing against the inside of the driving-pulley flange, whereby said brush L is revolved in the same direction as the said driving-pulley I. This brush L, as it revolves, removes the cotton from the spikes m as they come in successive rows to the top of the elevator.

This elevator can be made of any desired length, and be placed at any convenient angle, and be attached to any gin-feeder now in use, or be used successfully without a gin-feeder to deliver cotton to the gin, thereby leaving more room on the floor where the gin-stand is IOv set, and leaving more room for access to the gin-breast and other parts of its machinery.

The elevator may be run from a shaft with a slack belt and tightener, or in any other convenient manner.

I ani aware that it is not new to use an endless slat-belt with spikes or hook-teeth, or, in connection therewith, a frame carrying a hopper, chute, and a door at the lower end; but

What I claim as new and of my invention 1s 1. In a cotton-elevator, the'combination, with an endless sla-t-belt having transverselyarranged spikes m, of the pan G at the lower end, and the hopper H, having spikes m below 15 its hole S, whereby the cotton is prevented -from falling into the pan, While the dirt and gravel are allowed to d0 so, as described.

2. In a cotton-elevator, the hopper H, constructed, substantially as herein shown and zo described, with cross-bar t, straight sides u, and spikes m', as and for the purposes set forth.

WILLIAM FREDERICK NEWTON.

Witnesses:

D. A. WEAVER, G. S. NEWTON. 

